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Conference finals kick off tomorrow. 7am for the LA/Chicago game and 10am for the Bruins/Pens. On Fox1 for those who have cable.

Here's a bit of a preview of the Pittsburgh/Boston series with the focus on Crosby and Chara ...

... Sidney Crosby is 'The Kid' no more

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Someone keep GTG away from the sharps drawer. That was an unbelievably painful way to go. My condolences.

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I'm hoping that the 48 game season means that my Sharks are confused and treat the playoffs like games 49-82 and dominate.

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That's interesting re the USA/Canada game. Might make time for that. I know that there's a rink at Docklands and I'm fairly sure it hosted the 3rd or 4th tier World Cup a ways back. Edmonton has a h

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Chicago win game 1 and that was no huge surprise, but the Bruins winning the way they did, certainly was.

Watched a fair bit of the game and Boston did seem to put the Pens off their game ... here's a wrap-up

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Bruins through in 4. Not sure what happened to Pittsburgh. All over very quickly ... extended highlights

Anyway, the Blackhawks have a chance to wrap things up tomorrow.

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I'll go Blackhawks in 6. After a dominant regular season they were pretty unimpressive in the playoffs until the conference finals, but I think they're the best team. If they win, the Conn Smythe will be very interesting. Crawford hasn't been as good this playoffs as Quick or Niemi (not that you give the award to a team that doesn't make the finals, just pointing it out), and Kane and Toews were mocked through the first two rounds for invisibility.

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I'm now thinking the Bruins might prevail. We've had some short series and some long ones but I reckon this series will go to 7 games. It's a great match-up and I'm eagerly looking forward to the games. Game 1 is tomorrow (oz time) with the 2nd game on Sunday.

When Boston won the cup 2 years ago they had quite a time of it ...

... How the Bruins ran up a $156,679.74 bar tab

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Another OT classic today ties the series at 1-1. Great stuff.

I headed along to the USA v Canada exhibition game at Hisense last night. While there were only a handful of current NHL players and the quality of play was nothing like NHL standard, it was a good night out. Nice to see so many hockey jerseys in the one place in Melbourne!

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Another OT classic today ties the series at 1-1. Great stuff.

I headed along to the USA v Canada exhibition game at Hisense last night. While there were only a handful of current NHL players and the quality of play was nothing like NHL standard, it was a good night out. Nice to see so many hockey jerseys in the one place in Melbourne!

Which NHL players were there?

Chicago's currently up 1-0 at the end of the 1st in game 5. What's the bet that this one goes to OT as well?

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Blackhawks score twice in the last moments of game 6 to take the Stanley cup! The Bruins crowd must have been thinking about game 7 - what a terrible way to lose.

Chicago's been the best performed team this season so it's a richly deserved victory ... game 6 highlights

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Blackhawks score twice in the last moments of game 6 to take the Stanley cup! The Bruins crowd must have been thinking about game 7 - what a terrible way to lose.

Chicago's been the best performed team this season so it's a richly deserved victory ... game 6 highlights

Now they know how they made us Toronto fans feel! What an awesome game.

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Now they know how they made us Toronto fans feel! What an awesome game.

Yeah, was a beauty!

Unwritten rule is that only those who have won the Stanley cup can touch the Stanley cup.

This is an iconic moment in sport ...

stanley-cup-finals-jonathan-toews-chicag

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